Life without a state

What is happening with Ivan Kolunov is also demonstrated by the fact that civil society still exists, and what is the degree of degradation of state institutions today, said NT Columonist Ivan Davydov

The journalist-investigator Ivan Kolunov is not in jail, this is the main thing. Yes, such a time, we sincerely rejoice that a person who has fallen under a clearly falsified business is under house arrest. The gathered on Saturday at the Nikulinsky court even danced, learning about the decision of the judge.

Not the first, by the way, once rejoice, the already non -shaped tradition is developing. And you won’t write anything - such a life. Could close. And, God forbid, to kill.

However, the matter is not yet over. And this business is not against those who ordered falsification, and not against those who threw drugs in broad daylight. And against a person who was a victim of falsification simply because he honestly did his job. He issued cool investigations , painfully touching the multibillian thieves.

Not only journalists stood in pickets on Petrovka, gathered at the court, spoke out in social networks. Contrary to the reasoning of the pessimists, there is still civil society in Russia. But the states, it seems, is almost gone

Ivan Kolpakov, the editor -in -chief of the Medusa publication, where Golunov works, thanked everyone for the “unprecedented campaign of journalistic solidarity”, and in vain. This story is wider than the corporate interests of the unfinished media community, it applies to all normal people living in Russia, and not only journalists touched. Not only journalists stood in pickets on Petrovka, gathered at the court, spoke out in social networks. Contrary to the reasoning of the pessimists, there is still civil society in Russia. But the states, it seems, is almost gone.

New stage of degradation

But now that Ivan is free ... Ah, yes, not free, of course, what I am talking about, he is under investigation and under house arrest, and for a second you can not forget about it. And yet now, when he is at home, when it is clear, at least that they will no longer beat him and mock him, you can exhale and calmly look at what had happened.

What do we see? Another illustration is not the first, but very, very bright - for the thesis about the degradation of the state at all levels. In a modern Russian state, a coherent car is often seen in the suppression of citizens and the release of freedoms. A sort of all -aggravating leviathan in a brilliant scales. And the state is just some kind of set of gangs of thieving, greedy and flagrantly incompetent people who are not able to calculate the consequences of their actions half a step. Simply put - there is no state here. The state has long degraded, mutated, degenerated. Even in matters related to the cause of evil to civilians, even if this, it would seem, should be, for our trouble, super professional people! - They demonstrate precisely what the glaring incompetence.

Having taken the order for the "journalist in scoundrels" not Golunov threw drugs. They threw the pile of the main boss. The main one there, at the St. Petersburg forum , probably wanted, shining with hospitality, to demonstrate that all the conversations about the isolation of Russia are a vile slander, and not to read in the leading publications of the world and the country about the detention of the investigator from Medusa. Look at Google's search trends in recent days. Requests with the word "Kolunov" more than four times more than requests with the word "Putin". PMEF is somewhere at the bottom.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, answering the question of Kolunov, referred to the photograph, supposedly from his search in his apartment published by police. There is almost a whole drug laboratory, what questions?

And the questions appeared right there - it turned out that eight out of nine published photographs - not from the apartment of Golunov (and on the ninth - a passport and a bunch of flash drives). A few hours later, a bashful press release appeared on the Moscow police website: “We consider it necessary to clarify that the photograph attached below was taken when conducting an examination of the dwelling of the detainee. The remaining photos posted today on the official website of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow were taken as part of operational measures and investigative actions to suppress the activities of a group of persons engaged in drugs in the Moscow region, for communication with which the detainee is checked. ” Business is a good quality, but the police officers still managed to mock the head of state into the understandable smell of the Lord’s substances.

And it is clear that the heads do not fly to the Moscow police and in the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs right now only because the authorities are not able to recognize its mistakes and is most afraid to show the society that society can win. We have already seen this a thousand times already.

It is clear that the decision made by the judge to send Golunov under house arrest is also only a way to take a blow from those who falsified the case at least temporarily. Do not let society believe in the possibility of victory. Well, one more hand -in -handing receipt is that there is no independent court in Russia

Excuses, the stories that they had long developed a “dangerous drug dealer” were drained into the anonymous telegram channels, but they did not know who he was working. Apparently, not understanding that such excuses are worse than accusations. If you cannot find out who a person works for whom you follow for several months, maybe you can change your job? Supermarkets are always required for guards. They beaten, they did not let the lawyer a detainee for a day, did not conduct the necessary (and mandatory!) Investigative actions, and violated all conceivable norms. They refused to call an ambulance to a person who became ill, then tried to interfere with hospitalization.

It is clear that the decision made by the judge to send Golunov under house arrest is also only a way to take a blow from those who falsified the case at least temporarily. Do not let society believe in the possibility of victory. Well, one more hand -in -handing receipt is that there is no independent court in Russia.

This catastrophic incompetence is everywhere. Let us recall the wild adventures of “Petrov and Boshirov”, scouts who could not even come up with a clear legend (and the background similar, by the way: the international forum, the leader of the nation in an awkward situation, sweaty hands and running eyes). Or, just on Friday, when it became known that Golunov was detained, another news appeared: Dmitry Rogozin, constructed by the subordinates for space flights, was stuck in the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft. Well, they didn’t think about the dimensions. They did not take into account the nuances.

Real solidarity

Such wild incompetence cannot but frighten, and it seems humanly understandable that even different-caliber state propagandists-from Maria Zakharova, Margarita Simonyan, Evgenia Primakova-Vnuka and up to Kristina Premotchik-alcohol, cowardly, with reservations, but defended Ivan Golunov. It is terrible to understand who in their hands is the fate and life of people. Not to mention the “prestige of the state” and about the “first -person image” - let the propagandists worry about this, everything is clear to a normal person with both for a long time.

To pull into the light of God the approaching all who are involved in the Golunov’s cause, to deal with their income and business interests. Let's not dwell on promises. This is journalistic solidarity

And finally - once again - I want to say important: house arrest for the innocent - no victory. In recent days, I have seen a lot of promises from journalists on social networks-to pull into the light of God the Suvenue to all who are involved in the Golunov work, to deal with their income and business interests. Let's not dwell on promises. This is journalistic solidarity.

And I also want to appeal to everyone who is inclined to justify cooperation with the authorities: “We need to support them in the elections, since certain facts of corruption, of course, take place, but they help the hospices.” “You can take money from them because people need my performance.” “The capital is still good, the improvement gives fruits” ... Well, and so on. You will continue to adjust the arguments: "They help the hospices, and here they also throw drugs." "The capital is still good, and here they are trying to be the detainees." It will be somehow more honest.

And the postscript: the author’s opinion may not coincide with the opinion of the editorial office. So, the author’s opinion: the case against Golunov is falsified. Those who ordered falsification, and those who implemented it must be punished.

Photo: Leonid Pasternak